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Deferred rush: Positive step for freshmen |
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Incoming
freshmen must wait at least one semester before being allowed to
formally rush an Appalachian State University fraternity or sorority.
The Appalachian sees this action as a chance
for freshmen to educate themselves about Greek life before making
a commitment to join.
The deferred rush policy was implemented last
December after a committee of students and faculty researched other
universities who currently use the program.
Freshmen grade point averages and the waning
number of students rushing were factors examined in this decision.
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Josh Dernosek
Senior Staff Writer
Sports Beat
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The summer is over
and students have rolled back into Boone for what could turn out
to be a promising year in the high country. All of us students have
our views on how the year will turn out, some visions are good and
some bad. But one thing is true, we have all made the trek up the
mountain for the same thing…experiences.
The seniors are walking into their final year
and looking toward what the future holds while still trying to hold
onto what they have come to love over the last three, maybe four
years. Commencement will be in December, or for some in May, and
there is nothing but the real world to look forward to after that.
This final year is the last time you will see some of your friends
and the last time you get to enjoy places like Klondike, Macado’s
or Murphy’s.
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| Major league baseball: What’s
the big deal? |
Hugh Kellenberger
Staff Writer
CRSA / Housing Beat |
Major League Baseball
has done it again. While a great season is occurring on the field,
the owners and player’s union leaders manage to get everyone’s
attention on a pending labor strike.
The labor strike, scheduled for Aug. 30, is over
one key issue: “Who has bigger testicles?” The union and
the owners want you to believe it is over the salaries of the players,
steroid testing or even a worldwide player draft. This is nothing
more than an overblown pissing match, with each side trying to prove
they own the biggest bat.
The average salary for major leaguers this year
was at 2.38 million. 2.38 million? I believe I could live quite
nicely for thirty or forty years on that kind of salary. They only
go to work 162 times a year, they have off from the middle of October
to the end of February, and they play a child’s game for that
outrageous salary.
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